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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!btinternet!castle.netlink.co.uk!trig From: trig@netlink.co.uk (Christiaan Keet) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Install problem :( Cant load ROOT image Date: 29 Apr 1996 16:52:53 GMT Organization: Netlink Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4m2s55$gvq@snow.btinternet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: castle.netlink.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I'm installing from a SCSI drive (DOS) to an IDE drive. Everything's fine untill it gets to 'loading root image'. It bombs out with 'failed to load the root distribution. correct this problem and try again' The debug log says: gunzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated /stand/cpio: premature end of file Any idea what this means? Christiaan